Toy money-bank.



No. 720,825. PATENTED FEB. 17, 1903. R. E. LINTNER. TOY MONEY BANK.

APPLICATION PILEfi AUG. 30, 1902.

WITNESSES: INVENTOR UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT E. LINT NER, OF EAST PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONEHALF TO J H. PERRINE, OF TURTLEOREEK, PENNSYLVANIA.

TOY MONEY-BAN K.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 720,825 dated February 17, 1903.

Application filed August 30, 1902.

To all whmn it Wtay concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT E. LINTNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at East Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Toy Money- Banks, of which improvement 'the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a toy money-bank for coins of like denomination, whereby the insertion of each coin will automatically advance a numerical disk one step at a time, thereby enabling one to determine the exact amount contained in the bank.

In the accompanying drawings I have by different Views illustrated a bank adapted to register the insertion of the coins as specified, in which drawings Figure I is a perspective view of said bank. Fig. II is a front view thereof with a portion of the face broken away to disclose the interior mechanism. Fig. III is a side elevation of the same in section. Fig. IV is a plan View in section.

Referring to said drawings for a detailed description of the views in each, the numeral 1 designates a suitable receptacle, having an elongated coin-opening 2 in the top thereof, a small orifice 3 in the front wall,'through which the amount of coin contained therein may be ascertained, and a door 4, through which the contents may be removed, which door is intended to be locked by a lock 5. Arranged within said receptacle, in proximity to the front wall, so as to leave a space therebetween for the operating mechanism, is a partition-wall o. WVithin said space is secured a standard 7, to the upper end of which is secured a coin-chute 8, which registers with the opening 2 of the receptacle, extending through the partition-wall at its lower end,so as to communicate with the receptacle proper. A toothed disk 9 is rotatably secured to said standard and is provided upon its face with a plurality of consecutively-arranged numerals from 0 to 50 or from 0 to 100 or more, as desired, said numerals corresponding in number with the teeth in the disk and are capable of registering with the orifice 3 during the step-by-step advance of the disk. Pivoted upon the same Serial No. 121,562. (No model.)

shaft as said disk is a lever 10, the upper end of which is turned over in hook form and projects a short distance into the coin-chute through an opening in the top thereof, said lever having pivotally attached thereto a pawl 11 to engage the teeth of the disk. This lever is held in operative position by a leafspring 12, which is attached to a projection 13 at the base of the standard. Another pawl 14 is pivotally attached to the base of said standard to engage the disk-teeth and maintain the same in'position, said pawl being held in engagement with the disk-teeth by a spring 15.

In practice the coin is forced through the opening 2 into the chute, causing the same on its way to the receptacle to momentarily engage with the hooked end of the lever, thereby displacing the same sufficient to advance the disk one tooth or number through the medium of the pawl 11, which number is visible through the orifice 3. The disk may as a matter of fact be held against further ad- Vance by the pawl 14 until actuated by the insertion of another coin.

By this device it is readily apparent that as each coin is placed in the same an accurate account of its contents may be had. It is further apparent that additional partition-walls and registering mechanisms may be applied to the other walls to register coins of other denominations, if desired, and that the standard 7 may be dispensed with and the partitionwall employed to support the disk and other mechanism without departingfrom the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully shown and described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A toy money-bank adapted to receive and register coins of like denomination, comprehending in its structure a receptacle divided into two compartments by a partitionwall extending from top to bottom and from side to side, a coin-chute extending from an opening in the top of one compartment through the partition-wall into the other com partment, a circumferentially-toothed disk rotatably mounted in said first-mentioned compartment and having consecutively-ar-. ranged numerals upon its side corresponding to the teeth thereof, visible one at a time through an opening in the side wall of said compartment, a lever pivoted at one end to the same axis as said disk the free end of which is provided with a hooked extension to project through an opening in the coinchute when in its normal position for engagement with the coin, a spring to hold said lever in its normal position, a pawl pivoted on the free end of said lever to successively engage the teeth of said disk and advance the same one tooth at a time when the lever is operated by contact with the coin, a springactuated dog to successively engage said diskteeth and maintain said disk in its advanced position, and a door in said coin-receiving compartment, as shown and set forth.

2. A toy money-bank adapted to receive and register coins of like denominations, comprehending in its structure a receptacle divided into two compartments bya partitionwall extending from top to bottom and from side to side, a standard in one of said compartments having thereon a coin-chute which registers with an opening at the top and projects in the other compartment at its lower extremity through an opening in the partition-wall,a circumferentially-toothed disk rotatably mounted on said standard and having consecutively-arranged numerals upon its sides corresponding in number to the teeth visible one at a time through an opening in the wall of the compartment, a lever pivoted at one end upon the same axis as said disk the free end of which is provided with a hook extension to project through an opening in the coin-chute when in its normal position for engagement with the coin, a spring to hold said lever in its normal position, a pawl pivoted on the free end of said lever to successively engage the teeth of said disk and advance the same one tooth at a time when the lever is operated by contact with the coin, a spring-actuated dog to successively engage said disk-teeth and maintain said disk in its advanced position, and a door in the coin-receiving compartment, as shown and set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT E. LINTNER.

In presence of J. H. CAMPBELL, J. H. PERRINE. 

